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    Paletteful Packs – February 2023

    Contents Cretacolor Oil Pencil Drawing Set Cretacolor Oil Pencils are excellent for general purpose sketching and drawing when a dense shiny, smudge proof stroke is needed. They are oil-based and water-resistant. This complete pocket tin set of six  Artist’s oil pencils includes one each of Nero black soft and extra-soft, white, sanguine, sepia light and dark pencils. MSRP: $17.99. Available on Szał dla Plastyków for 40,70 PLN (9,90 USD… half the MSRP!) Cretacolor Nero Charcoal Oil Drawing Stick and Lead Holder Deep black lines can be produced with this soft stick. The stick is water and smudge-resistant, and more difficult to break than graphite sticks. Nero Sticks work excellently in conjunction with traditional charcoal and all water-based media. Place the stick into the Cretacolor leader holder. A lead holder makes working with 5.6 mm leads much easier. It protects the leads from breaking and keeps hands clean. MSRP: $2.49 (Drawing…

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    Paletteful Packs – December 2022

    Contents Sennelier Aqua Mini Watercolor Set The  roots of Sennelier watercolors are to be found in the Impressionist  school. At that time, painters drew their inspiration from nature and  set out to reproduce natural light. Watercolor technique offered  spontaneity, lightness of touch, fluidity and transparency allowing a  quick translation of a particular light, vibration or shape. Paul  Cézanne, for instance, produced forty or so watercolors of the Mont Sainte Victoire in Provence. Earlier on in England and on the Normandy  coast in France, William Turner had turned painting in watercolors as an  art form in its own right and had even managed to produce genuine masterpieces. Since then watercolors have become an established part of  the history of painting. Artists love them because of their radiance and  their spontaneity. It is such a pleasure when the painter plays with  the light of the paper and the brightness of fleeting, intense…